Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the Deputy City Manager to Execute an Amended Professional Services Contract with H.W. Lochner, Inc. for Environmental Site Assessment Services in Support of the McKinney Brownfields Program
Summary
MEETING DATE: April 1, 2014
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning Department
CONTACT: Neil Rose, Planner I
Jennifer Arnold, Planning Manager
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Approval of the Resolution.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* The Resolution authorizes the Deputy City Manager to execute an amendment to the professional services contract with HW Lochner (the Consultant) for an amount not to exceed $394,030.00.
* In FY 2010, the City of McKinney was awarded $400,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a Brownfields Assessment Program. With that funding, $386,000 was originally allocated for professional services and the remaining $14,000 was allocated for travel/training and supplies. No local match was required.
* In support of the Assessment Program, the City of McKinney executed a professional services contract with HW Lochner in March 2011 for an amount not to exceed $386,000 in support of environmental services for the completion of Environmental Site Assessments.
* The FY 2010 Program Cycle will expire in September 2014 and the McKinney Brownfields Program has utilized approximately 90 percent of the approved funding available through the FY 2010 cycle.
* In order to make best use of the remaining grant funding, Staff has received approval from the EPA to reallocate surplus funds originally allocated for travel/training and supplies for professional services in support of Environmental Site Assessments.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
* A brownfield site is defined as real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants, con...
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